Impetigo Skin Rash Picture

Return to CDC Pictures : Impetigo | Staph Infection | Hardin MD : Impetigo | Staph Infection

impetigo
impetigo
impetigo
Impetigo 2 *

Impetigo

 

This patient presented with these gluteal lesions that proved to be impetigo, but was first thought to be syphilis. Impetigo is usually caused by Group A Streptococcus sp. or Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Note how the maculopapular lesions resemble syphilis, which is caused by the Gram-negative Treponema pallidum spirochete.

Staphylococcal Skin Infections, Impetigo, Staphylococcal, Streptococcal Infections, Impetigo, Streptococcal

Picture & text from CDC/PHIL. For more information see Impetigo Pictures from CDC

    

Creative Commons License
Text and images on this page are not copyrighted. As a matter of courtesy please credit their use with text that cites Hardin MD/University of Iowa and CDC, and gives the URL of this page. (Creative Commons, Public domain, No rights reserved)

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa
Please send comments to hardin-webmaster@uiowa.edu
The URL for this page is http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/cdc/staph/impetigo2.html
Last updated Friday, May 09, 2008 [impetigo rash picture, picture of impetigo skin rash, picture of impetigo rash, rashes picture, picture of skin rashes, staph rash, staph infection rash, staph skin infections, infantigo]

 

328215